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The Routledge International Handbook on Fear of Crime
Drawing on over fifty years of research, this book brings together original contributions and offers a state of the art collection of theoretical, empirical, policy-related scholarship on the intersection of fear of crime, victimisation, vulnerability and risk
Author(s) | Edited by Murray Lee, Gabe Mythen. |
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Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 494 |
Published in | United Kingdom |
Published | 8 Dec 2017 |
Availability | Available |
Drawing on over fifty years of research, this book brings together original contributions and offers a state of the art collection of theoretical, empirical, policy-related scholarship on the intersection of fear of crime, victimisation, vulnerability and risk
Introduction, Murray Lee and Gabe Mythen, Part I: Histories of Fear of Crime. 1. Fear of Crime Before 'Fear of Crime?' Barry Godfrey, 2. 'Hot Under the Collar': The Garrotting Moral Panic of the 1860's, Chas Critcher, 3. The Discovery of Fear of Crime in
Murray Lee is Professor of Criminology at the University of Sydney Law School, Australia. He is the author of Inventing Fear of Crime: Criminology and the Politics of Anxiety, co-author of Policing and Media: Public Relations, Simulations and Communicatio